Viola Growth

Viola Ventures is the early-stage venture capital fund of Viola Group, Israel's largest tech-focused investment platform, Herzliya-headquartered with more than $5 billion of total assets under management across the broader Viola family, which also includes Viola Growth, Viola Credit and Viola Partners. Viola Ventures itself was founded in 2000 by Shlomo Dovrat and Avi Zeevi, manages roughly $1.5 billion of dedicated early-stage capital, and recently closed a new $250M raise, announced December 2025, to back what it calls 'Israel's next tech wave,' and it is willing to lead. The active partner team, Shlomo Dovrat, Avi Zeevi, Omry Ben David, Itzik Avidor and Zvika Orron, supported by Senior Advisors Ronen Nir and Daniel Cohen, explicitly targets approximately 20 new investments concentrated on Vertical AI, Enterprise AI, AI Infrastructure, Fintech, Cybersecurity, Quantum, Defense Tech and selectively consumer products. Since 2000 Viola Ventures has led or participated in more than 150 investments and produced category-defining outcomes for the Israeli ecosystem, including ironSource, acquired by Unity, Payoneer, a NASDAQ listing through merger, Pagaya, a NASDAQ public listing, Redis Labs, Lightricks, ProteanTecs, Immunai, PayZen, Faye, Duetti and PhaseV. The fund's hands-on partnership model, pairing capital with senior operating advice, Israeli ecosystem access, and follow-on capacity from Viola Growth, has been a hallmark of its 25-year track record. As the early-stage arm of Israel's largest tech investment platform, Viola Ventures backs the country's next generation of AI, fintech and cybersecurity founders.